Brush and means for attaching same to hose or handles



E. S. CALKINSl BRUSH AND MEANS FR ATT-ACHING SAME T0 HOSE 0R HANDLES.

' AFPLICATION FILED MAY22, 1920. 1,383,387.

Patented July 5,1921.

E IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEYS uNiT'ED srAaa-s,

Param* orifice.

EDWIN S. CALKINS, 0F SOLV-Y, NEW'-YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 'MILTON E. DAVIS, 0FCANAS'IOTA, NEW YORK.

:BRUSH .AND MEANS FOR ATTACHING SAME TO HOSE 0R HANDLES.

T 0 all whom t may concern Be `it known that I, EDWIN S. CALKINS, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Solvay, in the county ofOnondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulBrush and Means for Attaching Same to Hose or Handles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has for its object a brush and means for attaching thebrush to a handle, hose, pipe or nozzle, and the invention consists inthe novel features, and in the combinations and constructionshereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is to be had to the accompanyingdrawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in allthe views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a brush embodying my invention, the samebeing shown as mounted on a flexible hose pipe.

Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are sectional views on lines 2 2, 3 3, 4 4, Fig. 1,respectively.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the detached clamp.

Fig. 6 is a plan view similar to Fig. 1 showing the brush attached to anozzle.

This invention comprises a brush having two rearwardly extending arms orrods, and a clamp having means for receiving and holding said arms, andmeans for securement to a part serving as a handle, as a stick, rod,hose, pipe or hose nozzle.

1 designates the brush which is here illustrated as comprising a twistedwire body 2 in the twists of which the bristles are held, the body beingbent U shaped and terminating in rearwardly extending arms 3.

4 is the clamp which comprises a body shaped to receive the part servingas a handle as the hose 5', Fig. 1, a nozzle 6, Fig. 6, and means fordetachably securing it to the handle, hose, nozzles, etc.

The body of the clamp is composed of two sections having arcuate jawportions bei tween their ends, the sections being hinged together atlike ends and having means at their other ends for clamping the sectionsonto the handle, hose, etc.

As best seen in Figs. 3 and 5, one of the sections of the body isprovided with an .outwardly or radially extending ilange 8 Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1921.

1920. serial No. 383,554.

at one end, formed with a slot 9, and the other section is formed with atongue 10 for entering the slot, the end projecting through the slotbeing bent in the form of a hook or eye 11 around the end edge of saidflange.

The sections of the body are formed at their other ends with spacedapart radial flanges 12 through which a clamping screw 13 extends.

The means provided on the body of the clamp 4 for receiving the arms 3of the brush comprises lugs provided on the section of the body onopposite sides thereof, the lugs being spaced apart and arranged to beclenched onto the arms 3. Preferably, there are three lugs 15, 16, 17 onthe outer side of the intermediate part of each section, the lugs 15, 16being spaced apart in a direction lengthwise of the arm 3 engagedtherewith,- and the lug 17 being located opposite the space between thelugs 15, 16. These lugs constitute the opposite sides of passages forthe arms 3. After the arms are located between the lugs 17 and 15, 16,the lugs are clenched over onto the arms.

In Figs. 1 and 6, the arms 3 are shown as inclosed by a tube 18 whichmay serve as a handle, and also, in Fig. 1, the hose 5 is shown asattached to one end of a valve casing 2O connected at its other end to asupply hose or pipe 21 for water. A spring pressed valve 22 is locatedin the casing to control the flow of water to the brush, the valve beingliftable from its seat 23 against the action of its spring 24 by a griphandle 25.

This device is particularly adapted for use as a fountain brushattachment for hose, hose nozzles, etc. for washing wagons, automobiles,etc. On account of the sectional construction of the body and the hingejoint between the section and the arrangement of the lugs for holdingthe arms of the brush, the device is particularly economical inmanufacture and readily attachable to a hose or nozzle without specialconstruction in the hose or nozzle.

What I claim is:

The combination of a brush having a pair of rearwardly extending arms,and a clamp for attaching said arms to a part serving as a handle, theclamp comprising a body mountable on said part, and hav- Y Y. ing threelugs on each of .two opposite sides In testimony whereof VI,have'hereunto signed my name, at Syracuse, in the county Vclenched ontothe arms, substantially as and lfor the purposedescribed. 10 Y ofOnondaga, and State of New York, this 17th day oi' Aprl,ll920. 1i Y, y

` EDWIN s. oALKiNs.

